Hmm pretty simple to find out what the problem is just takes alittle common sense. Take the two new batteries and check if they work on something eles if they do then its the wii mote, put 2 different batteries in the wii mote and if the wii mote works then its the batteries.

Hmm pretty simple to find out what the problem is just takes alittle common sense. Take the two new batteries and check if they work on something eles if they do then its the wii mote, put 2 different batteries in the wii mote and if the wii mote works then its the batteries.

common sense tells me that the batteries specially designed for the wii do not fit in any other devices, so this test wont work!

You are talking about these right? I have bought one for myself, and have had no issues as far as usage goes. It should be as simple as putting them in your wiimote, placing the specially designed backplates for them, and setting them on the charger; making sure to have the backs touch the charging contacts till the charging units lcd color changes to a blue/green.

Do the remotes even display a flashing lcd near the bottom? Even once?

It's honestly not a hard thing to grasp.. The utility of having the charger is just buy it, and never worry about your wiimote dying in the heat of the game.

I don't think the benefits of a charge station outweigh the cost over a higher capacity set of batteries.
I also argue that your batteries should never die in the middle of a game considering the Wii has TWO ways to tell you the battery level (on screen and the LEDs)

With a good charger you could have a slew of batteries charged and ready. If your chargestation batteries did happen to die you would be stuck swapping it out for regular batteries.

I don't think the benefits of a charge station outweigh the cost over a higher capacity set of batteries.
I also argue that your batteries should never die in the middle of a game considering the Wii has TWO ways to tell you the battery level (on screen and the LEDs)

With a good charger you could have a slew of batteries charged and ready. If your chargestation batteries did happen to die you would be stuck swapping it out for regular batteries.

The idea is worry free of never having to check if it's almost empty, and absolutely worst case your wiimote does run out of juice, just hot swap the other one in the charger.